Career
Jajpur, Odisha. He is the former Minister of State(Independent charge) in the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Statistics & Programme Implementation He represents the Balasore parliamentary constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha. He had been elected as Modern Language Association in Odisha Legislative Assembly, three times between 1977 to 1989. In 1979-1980, he held the post of Minister of State, Industry and Urban Development, Government of Odisha.
He got elected to Lok Sabha for the first time in 1989 and then subsequently three more times to 10th Lok Sabha, 11th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996 and 2001 respectively.
Before joining Indian National Congress, he was party member of Janata Dal. He did his Bachelor of Arts from at Kendrapara College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.